{"id":384,"date":"2020-02-24T06:45:06","date_gmt":"2020-02-24T14:45:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lapis-mercurii.org\/lvx\/?p=384"},"modified":"2020-02-24T06:56:32","modified_gmt":"2020-02-24T14:56:32","slug":"a-path-with-heart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapis-mercurii.org\/lvx\/a-path-with-heart\/","title":{"rendered":"A Path with Heart"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/lapis-mercurii.org\/lvx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/path-with-heart-smaler-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-389\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lapis-mercurii.org\/lvx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/path-with-heart-smaler-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lapis-mercurii.org\/lvx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/path-with-heart-smaler-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lapis-mercurii.org\/lvx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/path-with-heart-smaler-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lapis-mercurii.org\/lvx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/path-with-heart-smaler-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/lapis-mercurii.org\/lvx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/path-with-heart-smaler-1-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/lapis-mercurii.org\/lvx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/path-with-heart-smaler-1-850x567.jpg 850w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\" style=\"font-size: 2em; line-height:1.25\"><p>&#8220;To open the heart requires the capacity of courage, because courage is the capacity to carry fear.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>This past weekend, I had the pleasure of presenting on behalf of Horizon at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oloteas.org\/concentric-circles.html\">Concentric Circles<\/a>, an annual interfaith pagan conference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The talk I delivered was on the subject of Thelema as a heart-centered path. Rather than approach Thelemic magick as a means of imposing one&#8217;s desires on the world, I chose to look at it from the perspective of removing arbitrary barriers around one&#8217;s heart. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With removal of one&#8217;s armor and acceptance of one&#8217;s vulnerability come opportunities for growth and joy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I talk about how this is the path that leads to Our Lady Babalon and the summit of spiritual wisdom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/lapis-mercurii.org\/lvx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/A-Path-with-Heart.mp3\"><\/audio><figcaption>A Path with Heart, delivered at Concentric Circles, Redmond, WA, February 22, 2020.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;To open the heart requires the capacity of courage, because courage is the capacity to carry fear.&#8221; This past weekend, I had the pleasure of presenting on behalf of Horizon at Concentric Circles, an annual interfaith pagan conference. The talk I delivered was on the subject of Thelema as a heart-centered path. Rather than approach&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[40,154,156],"class_list":["post-384","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-babalon","tag-heart","tag-vulnerability"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapis-mercurii.org\/lvx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/384","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapis-mercurii.org\/lvx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapis-mercurii.org\/lvx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapis-mercurii.org\/lvx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapis-mercurii.org\/lvx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=384"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/lapis-mercurii.org\/lvx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/384\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":394,"href":"https:\/\/lapis-mercurii.org\/lvx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/384\/revisions\/394"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapis-mercurii.org\/lvx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=384"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapis-mercurii.org\/lvx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=384"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapis-mercurii.org\/lvx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}